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Read [Hillary Mantis Book] # Alternative Careers for Lawyers (Princeton Review) Online # PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Alternative Careers for Lawyers (Princeton Review) I found this book extremely valuable A Customer I think this book will prove applicable to lawyers, any lawyer, who is dissatisfied with their job or their profession, which is many of us! By focusing on individuals, as well as the choices and risks they took in leaving the law, I felt it was more possible for me to do the same. The people profiled in the book are regular folks, and hearing from them takes the book out of the realm of most career books which focus on ambiguous strategies and spe
| Title | : | Alternative Careers for Lawyers (Princeton Review) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679778705 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
I found this book extremely valuable A Customer I think this book will prove applicable to lawyers, any lawyer, who is dissatisfied with their job or their profession, which is many of us! By focusing on individuals, as well as the choices and risks they took in leaving the law, I felt it was more possible for me to do the same. The people profiled in the book are regular folks, and hearing from them takes the book out of the realm of most career books which focus on ambiguous strategies and spend too much time with forms and such. The interviews allowed me to see th. Like legal search firms, focused on top tier/ranked lawyers I found that this book, while interesting, only applies to lawyers who graduated from top tier law schools at the top of their class. There are a lot of lawyers who did not graduate from top tier law schools and were not top of their class. I wished this book addressed attorneys in latter position, or at least considered them. I would love to have read about an average lawyer who is sick of the law, quit and started another career as real estate agent or the like. I would like to have seen more ideas on career choices t. A Customer said Somewhat disappointing. I found the book a bit disappointing not many new ideas here, some of the websites are out of date (the copy that I have was published in 1997), and there is, IMHO, an awful lot of filler. There are pages and pages of specific examples and lists of resources. Only some of it is interesting and useful.I did find the number of typos and misspellings more than a little irritating in a published volume giving advice.
Rethinking your career strategySuggestions for nonlegal careersAdvice for dealing with the financial ramifications of leaving the practice of lawReal-life success storiesLawyers have the highest depression rates, highest pressure, lowest popularity ratings, and the longest hours of almost any profession that exists. In Alternative Careers for Lawyers, you'll hear from many people who managed successful transitions: one of them is an NBC news anchor, another started her own bicycle tours company, and yet another built a $20 million attorney temp agency.We'll show you how to manage every step of this uncertain yet ultimately liberating process:Deciding whether to change careers or just switch jobsChoosing which new careers to pursueRe-tailoring your resume for non-legal careers like education, consulting, publishing, and sales and marketingNetworking, interviewing, furthering your education, and more. No wonder that according to a recent poll 70% of law
If you are disillusioned by the realities of law practice or want to get into a different type of law, then you can start a new career. In Alternative Careers for Lawyers, you'll hear from many people who managed successful transitions: one of them is an NBC news anchor, another started her own bicycle tours company, and yet another built a $20 million attorney temp agency.We'll show you how to manage every step of this uncertain yet ultimately liberating process:Deciding whether to change careers or just switch jobsChoosing which new careers to
She is Director of the Career Planning Center at Fordham University School of Law, and was the Associate Director of Career Services at New York Law School. Hillary Mantis specializes in helping lawyers find alternative careers. . She is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School
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